How would the blood tracking effort be managed?
The hunter notifies law enforcement or a game management official that an animal has been shot and lost. The GMO notifies the Alaska Game Search contact who selects a handler/dog team. The GMO will establish a rendezvous point and time for the hunter, dog handler, and other officials to meet near the area where the animal was shot. The handler will interview the hunter, asking questions only related to how and when the animal was shot, where it was hit, how it behaved when shot, and what tracking activities the hunter attempted prior to calling in the tracking team. The handler will brief the entire tracking team, including observers, on the tracking plan. The dog will be permitted to sort out the area where the shot was taken and to begin tracking the animal as it departed the immediate area. The dog is kept on a 30-50 foot check cord dragging behind on the ground, tended by the handler. The handler and dog work closely as a team to determine the intensity of the scent, changes in the
